Notebook

By Melissa August, Ann Marie Bonardi, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Victoria Rainert

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

LINDA TRIPP Wiretap charge dropped. Judge: Clintonistas violated your privacy rights. Now, pleeeze disappear

MICHAEL J. FOX Exits Spin City with grace--and big ratings. Charlie Sheen's got very big tassle loafers to fill

ROBERT JOHNSON Move over, Richard Branson. BET big starts D.C. Air. "This is your captain, Tavis Smiley"

[& LOSERS]

EHUD BARAK D'oh! Saigon-style evacuation of Lebanon embarrassing. Uh, got a plan if Hizballah starts shelling?

LOUIS FREEH Oops. Government investigators get into your FBI HQ with fake IDs. Even liquor stores card better

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA Comeback bid falters as she loses Spanish tourney. But, hey, we're diggin' yer spunk